Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Tuesday, 12/2/2008

Homework Due:
  • We turned in our Musical Memories.
  • I looked at everyone's marked-up stories, and we talked a bit about how "marked-up" means "marked-up"!  :-)  I passed around an example of what "marked-up" actually looks like.
Writing Experiment:
We made a Wish List, sorted into three categories:
  • little things we wish for (new dry erase markers; new size 10 white Vans)
  • big things, more special things (no arguments in the morning; black 1967 Chevelle)
  • things that would change the world (an end to starvation; an end to littering; a cure for cancer; that each person on the planet had someone that loved him/her)
We spent ten minutes talking about our items, before and after the writing time, and we spent ten minutes on the actual writing of the list.

Unit Final:
We asked all the questions on page 31 (big questions over Unit 2), and we made sure we could answer them as a class, verbally.

Fiction Circle:
We read three more stories today:
  • 3rd--Angela, Kelsey David
  • 4th--Ryan, Jonte, Jeremy

We gave people verbal comments after they finished reading, then passed them our written comments.

Homework:
Prep stories for tomorrow (listed below) by reading them and MARKING THEM UP!   Comment on the stories the way you want people to comment on yours--it's the Golden Rule, people!  :-)
  • 3rd:  Martha, Tyler, Ashley
  • 4th:  Isaac, Wes, Katie

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